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MIAMI (AP) — new concession menu items Pedro Martinez Jersey , including mushroom tacos, fries with mole sauce and bottomless popcorn and soda.So much for the team’s 2019 upgrades. Marlins fans hungry for a winner will have to wait.The woebegone franchise’s biggest offseason move came Thursday, when the Marlins traded All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Jorge Alfaro, two pitching prospects and international signing bonus pool money. The deal was the latest move in CEO Derek Jeter’s rebuilding effort, which began soon after he took over in late 2017 and could eventually transform the Marlins into contenders.Not this year. Spring training will be devoted to sorting out a roster dominated by young players, including several who emerged last season and could provide a foundation for the future. That includes pitchers Pablo Lopez, Sandy Alcantara, Caleb Smith and Trevor Richards, and third baseman-right fielder Brian Anderson.“They’re going to be the core of our championships here,” president of baseball operations Michael Hill said during a Marlins show on their flagship radio station, WINZ. “The young talent and what they were able to demonstrate last season is what makes us excited to get going.”Some other things to know before pitchers and catchers hold their first workout Wednesday in Jupiter, Florida:THEY’RE SETThe Marlins are certain about their ace, catcher and second baseman. Everything else is up for grabs.Right-hander Jose Urena is expected to get the opening day nod for the second year in a row. In 2018 he rebounded from an 0-7 start and overcame poor run support to finish 9-12 with a 3.98 ERA. He’s 23-19 over the past two seasons, while in other games over the stretch the Marlins have gone 117-164.Alfaro Max Kepler Jersey , who will replace Realmuto behind the plate, hit .262 with 10 homers in his first full major league season last year. Second baseman Starlin Castro hit .278 in 154 games in his first season with Miami.THEY’RE NOT SETThere will be a mad spring training scramble for other jobs in the rotation and lineup. Anderson will start at either third base or right field after batting .273 with 65 RBIs as a rookie last year. Lewis Brinson will get another chance in center field after batting .199 with 120 strikeouts in 109 games as a rookie. Veteran right-hander Dan Straily will be in the rotation unless he’s traded, and injury-plagued left-hander Wei-Yin Chen will be in the rotation if he’s healthy.INJURY REPORTThe Marlins head into spring training fully healthy. Among the players who recovered from injuries in the offseason are third baseman Martin Prado, first baseman Garrett Cooper, right-hander Lopez and left-hander Smith.ON DECKSpring training will provide a chance to see how much the farm system has improved since Jeter took over. The Marlins believe it’s a lot.The trades that sent All-Stars Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna and Dee Gordon elsewhere netted a passel of prospects that dramatically improved the franchise’s long-term outlook, and that was the goal.“We needed to layer talent from top to bottom,” Hill said. “That has been our focus over the last 18 months.”The Marlins’ top six prospects were all acquired after Jeter’s group bought the team. All will get a look in spring training, and that includes 22-year-old Cuban outfielder Victor Victor Mesa, rated baseball’s top international prospect when he received a $5.25 million signing bonus from Miami in October.NEW LOOKAn offseason rebranding included a new logo and new colors, part of Jeter’s effort to distance the franchise from the previous owner, Jeffrey Loria. Losing teams, frequent payroll purges and a favorable stadium deal for Loria made him wildly unpopular.“We have to show our community this is a new day Zach Duke Jersey ,” president of business operations Chip Bowers said on WINZ. “Our fans feel like scorned lovers. They’ve felt burned time and time again. We understand that and can appreciate that. We’re going to work diligently to earn that trust back and make them understand we’re the guy or girl they always wanted to love.” TORONTO (AP) — After two straight seasons of decline in Toronto, it’s time to tear down and start over.The Blue Jays had hoped to coax one more competitive push out of the core players remaining from 2015 and 2016, when Toronto made back-to-back appearances in the AL Championship Series. Things looked promising after a 16-12 start, but it didn’t last.A 9-19 mark in May, and injuries to key players including infielder Josh Donaldson and right-handers Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman, combined to sink Toronto’s season. The Blue Jays finished 73-89, three wins fewer than the year before, and announced manager John Gibbons won’t be back next year.Once out of contention, Toronto traded eight players from its opening day roster, including Donaldson, left-hander J.A. Happ and closer Roberto Osuna.In early September, team president Mark Shapiro acknowledged “there is no longer any gray about where we are” regarding a rebuild. A return to playoff contention, he said, is two to four years away.“The only way to find out about who a player is at the major league level is to commit that opportunity and commit to those players http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey ,” Shapiro said. “We’re embarking on that process now.”Toronto’s youth movement will take a big step forward when top prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. arrives, likely before the end of next April. The son of the newly enshrined Hall of Famer hit .402 with 14 home runs and 60 RBIs in 61 games at Double-A, and added six more homers in 30 games at Triple-A. Guerrero Jr. is still refining his play at third base, but his bat should help the Blue Jays as soon as he joins the lineup.Other young players to watch in 2019 include infielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., outfielder Billy McKinney and left-hander Ryan Borucki, all of whom made an impact in their Toronto debuts this season.“I like where we’re going,” said outfielder Randal Grichuk, who hit a career-high 25 homers. “We’ve gotalot of young guys. We’ve got guys in the minor league system that can impact us up here in the future. We’vegota lot of guys up here that performed well this year but will perform even better.”GOODBYE, GIBBY!Before their final home game, the Blue Jays said Gibbons won’t be back to serve out the final year of his contract. Gibbons went 793-789 in two stints with Toronto.“I appreciate all the guys hanging in there,” Gibbons said. “It’s been a tough season.”Gibbons’ departure gives Shapiro and GM Ross Atkins their first opportunity to hire a Blue Jays manager. A potential in-house candidate is 38-year-old John Schneider, a former catcher whose Double-A New Hampshire team won the 2018 Eastern League title.ROTTEN ROTATIONWith four holdovers from their 2016 playoff team in the rotation, starting pitching was supposed to be Toronto’s strength. Instead, Blue Jays starters posted a 5.14 ERA Fernando Rodney Jersey , third worst in the majors. Happ was an All-Star before being traded to the Yankees, but Stroman struggled with shoulder and blister issues and Sanchez missed more than two months because of an oddball injury suffered when his finger got stuck in a suitcase. Righty Marco Estrada was mostly healthy, but went 7-14 with a 5.64 ERA.DONALDSON DONEIn his final season before free agency, the Blue Jays hoped Donaldson would help them push for the playoffs or deliver a decent return at the trade deadline. Neither option panned out. The 2015 AL MVP missed time early because of a sore shoulder, then went down again with a calf injury. Donaldson was rehabbing in late August when he was traded to Cleveland for a player to be named.THE BIG MONEYToronto may be going young, but it still has a pair of pricey veterans. Catcher Russell Martin has one year at $20 million left before his five-year deal expires. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki is owed $20 million in 2019 and $14 million in 2020. There’s a $15 million club option for 2021 with a $4 million buyout. Tulowitzki didn’t play at all this season after surgery in April to repair bone spurs on both heels. He expects to be ready by spring training. The five-time All-Star has missed at least 30 games in seven straight seasons.THE SONS ALSO RISEBesides Guerrero and Gurriel, other ‘Juniors’ in the Blue Jays system include Cavan Biggio, son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, and slugger Bo Bichette, son of four-time All-Star Dante Bichette.__

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